Preachers And Misfits Prophets And Thieves

Lee Ramsey mines the riches of southern fiction and discovers a colorful assortment of ministers who arise out of the religious South. At once mystical and mischievious, these ministers haunt the margins of southern life while preaching a gospel that startles and compels. Throughout the book, Ramsey shows how ministers such as Roger Hagan in Will Campell’s The Convention and Hazel Motes in Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood can help show us the stumbling blocks to faithful ministry and steer clergy and congregations forward in today’s world.